Milaniscool
Face that runs the place
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- Jan 8, 2013
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- Balotelli, Leão, Theo, Zlatan, Tonali
If Ibra comes back top 4 is guaranteed
He won’t play all games for sure. The primary benefit is his presence in the dressing room. Let’s hope that translates to a few extra points.
Maldini is following the Galliani copybook exactly to the last detail.
I don't see what positive dressing room presence he would bring.
If he's not setting an example on the pitch, then he's more likely to become dressing room poison.
Ibra's not some wise and mature team-first guy with a lot of things to teach the rest.
He has a history of picking fights with teammates for the stupidest reasons, intimidating younger players(not in a good way, they underperform when he's around), undermining or trying to undermine the coach, whining and blaming his teammates when things go wrong or not as he wanted it to, adding fuel when there's a fire.
The Sweden NT was much pretty much revived from death when he retired. Never had the team morale been as low as when the federation bended over for him 2009-2016. Even now he's trying to destabilize the team from the outside.
The 2012-13 Milan team wasn't missing Ibra's locker room presence. On the contrary, that mediocre squad was overperforming partly due to the squad harmony. What they were missing was him as dependable goal scorer, him as targetman, his hold-up play, the chances he was creating for Noce and KPB - not his shouting, whining, sulking and beefing with his own teammates and coach.
For Zlatan, I think the best story could actually be a Napoli move, in case they qualify to the CL knockouts. He has a great team there already and a late burst with some highlight reel moments from Zlatan could see them finishing 3rd and go deep into the CL.
It could also be the final nail in the coffin for Napoli, if they bend over for Ibra tactically.
They are already dangerously close to becoming like late Berlu era Milan.
From one of the most enviable teams, in terms of tactical style, squad quality and performances compared with revenue - to this...
What a HORRIBLE decision hiring Carlo turned out to be.
And they pay him 6.5m net a year...
I don’t fully agree that Ibra is not a leader and brings a bad presence.
He’s had his moments, but the mark of Ibra to me has been consistency. Forget his CL struggles and the tactical detriment he brings there, domestically(where consistency is key) he has excelled everywhere. And while he did play for some great teams, I’m not sure you can excel across that many teams and leagues without learning a thing or two. Manchester United fans and Mourinho are still very fond of his presence and leadership, and there was an immediate drop off after he left. That team, just lack Milan, lacks leadership and consistency, not enough veterans to lead the way of a young team. Sounds a lot like us.
How many times has Milan played well for 70 minutes only to implode?
In Ancelotti book, he stated that in 2006 Ibrahimovic was supposed to join Milan from Juventus but he was impatient to wait for Milan to be declared clear from the caliopoli incident and in the end he joined Inter instead. If he is looking to win the Champion League Milan could serve it on a platter to him in the coming season.
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The guy asks for a lot of money, that probably only Milan would offer. Are there any clubs that would match the amount that we're offering? He's ignorant to the point of insanity if he thinks Bologna or Napoli with their stingy owner will offer more.
I don't know if it's right to judge him based on what media is reporting. We have no idea what is really going on there
Eh.. there's a good chance other clubs are offering more, particularly Napoli. They have much less constraints than Milan has in their wage bill at the moment.
Moreover, he would easily get much better offers from outside the big leagues - China/ME etc.
However, the latest suggestion is Everton, now that they have appointed Carlo - an option I definitely won't count out.